Chūō-ku (Saitama)

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Saitama Coat of Arms
Chūō-ku
municipality of Saitama
Chūō-ku in Saitama
Coordinates 35 ° 53 '2 "  N , 139 ° 37' 34"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 53 '2 "  N , 139 ° 37' 34"  E
surface 8.39 km²
Residents 101,785 (Oct 1, 2019)
Population density 12,132 inhabitants / km²
Community key 11105-8

Administration address		 5-7-10 Shimoochiai, Chūō-ku, Saitama 338-0002
Website www.city.saitama.jp/index_chuoku.html

Chūō-ku ( Japanese 中央 区 , dt. 'City District Center') is a district ( ku ) of the Japanese city ​​of Saitama .

history

As an independent city with over 90,000 inhabitants, Yono ( 与 野 市 , - shi ) was the administrative seat of Saitama Prefecture on Honshū , the main island of Japan, until 2001 . On May 1, 2001, Yono was dissolved as a city (Shi) and merged with Urawa , Ōmiya and Iwatsuki to form the new prefecture capital Saitama.

traffic

Street

  • National road 17 to Tōkyō or Niigata

train

Web links

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